The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;Samuel Johnson J. Johnson; J. Nichols and son; R. Baldwin; F. and C. Rivington; W. Otridge and Son; Leigh and Sotheby; R. Faulder and Son; G. Nicol and Son; T. Payne; G. Robinson; Wilkie and Robinson; C. Davies; T. Egerton; Scatcherd and Letterman; J. Walker; Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; R. Lea; J. Nunn; Lackington, Allen, and Company; J. Stockdale; Cuthell and Martin; Clarke and Sons; J. White and Company; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; Cadell and Davies; J. Barker; John Richardson; J.M. Richardson; J. Carpenter; B. Crosby; E. Jeffery; J. Murray; W. Miller; J. and A. Arch; Black, Parry, and Kingsbury; J. Booker; S. Bagster; J. Harding; J. Mackinlay; J. Hatchard; R.H. Evans; Matthews and Leigh; J. Mawman; J. Booth; J. Asperne; P. and W. Wynne; and W. Grace, Deighton and Son at Cambridge; and Wilson and Son at York, 1810 |
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Page 392
... favour , but at the conclusion of the task , I cannot flatter myself that I have succeeded in forming the best plan , or in executing the plan which I formed . The fate of the few collections which have been made of this kind readily ...
... favour , but at the conclusion of the task , I cannot flatter myself that I have succeeded in forming the best plan , or in executing the plan which I formed . The fate of the few collections which have been made of this kind readily ...
Page 394
... favour with the public which they once enjoyed . For these reasons , in selecting from this class , it was the Editor's object to give such a series as might tend , not only to revive genuine and undeservedly neglected poetry , but to ...
... favour with the public which they once enjoyed . For these reasons , in selecting from this class , it was the Editor's object to give such a series as might tend , not only to revive genuine and undeservedly neglected poetry , but to ...
Page 404
... favours by exposing the conduct of the clergy , who were particularly obnoxious to the duke by their monopoly of power . One effect of this connection was the marriage of our poet , by which he became eventually related to his ...
... favours by exposing the conduct of the clergy , who were particularly obnoxious to the duke by their monopoly of power . One effect of this connection was the marriage of our poet , by which he became eventually related to his ...
Page 406
... favour upon him ; and it is certain , whatever might be the cause , that at the distance of two years , namely in the forty - eighth year of that reign , 1374 , he had a grant for life of a pitcher of wine daily ; and in the same year a ...
... favour upon him ; and it is certain , whatever might be the cause , that at the distance of two years , namely in the forty - eighth year of that reign , 1374 , he had a grant for life of a pitcher of wine daily ; and in the same year a ...
Page 406
... favour of John Comber- ton , commonly called John of Northampton , when about to be re - chosen mayor of London . Comberton was a reformer on Wickliff's principles , and so obnoxious on that account to the clergy , that they stirred up ...
... favour of John Comber- ton , commonly called John of Northampton , when about to be re - chosen mayor of London . Comberton was a reformer on Wickliff's principles , and so obnoxious on that account to the clergy , that they stirred up ...
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